Abstract
We study forced, rapidly rotating and stably stratified turbulence in an elongated domain using an asymptotic expansion at simultaneously low Rossby number
$\mathit {Ro}\ll 1$
and large domain height compared with the energy injection scale,
$h=H/\ell _{in}\gg 1$
. The resulting equations depend on the parameter
$\lambda =(h \mathit {Ro} )^{-1}$
and the Froude number
$\mathit {Fr}$
. An extensive set of direct numerical simulations (DNS) is performed to explore the parameter space
$(\lambda,\mathit {Fr})$
. We show that a forward energy cascade occurs in one region of this space, and a split energy cascade outside it. At weak stratification (large
$\mathit {Fr}$
), an inverse cascade is observed for sufficiently large
$\lambda$
. At strong stratification (small
$\mathit {Fr}$
) the flow becomes approximately hydrostatic and an inverse cascade is always observed. For both weak and strong stratification, we present theoretical arguments supporting the observed energy cascade phenomenology. Our results shed light on an asymptotic region in the phase diagram of rotating and stratified turbulence, which is difficult to attain by brute-force DNS.
Funder
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
Cited by
6 articles.
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